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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 06:35 PM
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Found this thread will researching another issue. Luckily not a problem for me yet, added a piece of hose as preventative measure. Thanks for pointing this potential problem out. And heres a bump for the next guy!
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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 08:00 AM
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I'll be under the hood tomorrow and will check this out, thanks for posting.
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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 10:45 AM
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awesome find... guna check mine too
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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 11:36 AM
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Tks for your post! I'll be checking mine soon!
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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 05:31 PM
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I'm going to do the hose and tape thing just to be safe !
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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 09:32 PM
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You might want to PM this thread to Bill Curlee and Bill Dearborn
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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by csexton
Glad you found it

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and good to know, thanks for posting


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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by hastalavista
No codes. that is what was bugging the hell out of the service tech.
You gonna let the tech know? So he can look for it in the future? Nice find btw.
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Some engineer needs go on timeout for that routing mistake.
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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 01:11 AM
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Similar problem with my headlights, I'll check on this tomorrow, thanks.
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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 01:34 AM
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I went out and photographed my 2002. It appears they corrected the routing issue as mine are definitely nowhere near that raised seam and are held in place firmly.


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